The Voord

I think most collectors are purists . . . in the sense they want to see things like cover artworks complete with all the logo and text elements present . . . just as they remember from seeing on the comic-books. I can see how artists doing re-creations would probably be irritated by the need to take on the additional skills of a letterer (and, in most cases, failing badly with their efforts, for obvious reasons). Absolutely. Nothing worse than seeing a nicely re-created cover illustration with badly-lettered text elements. Totally ruins the piece for me. I hate to say this . . . and apologies to anyone on this forum who owns such things . . . but some of the later re-created covers by Kirby (whose involvement as the actual penciler is now open to question) . . . and inked by D**k Ayers (at a time in his twilight years when the ravages of old age had taken a toll on his abilities to successfully re-visit the prime work of younger years) are painful to look at. You get very shaky inking coupled with less-than-satisfactory attempts at lettering. They're not the 'original' originals, yet they command big bucks (sure, I get the reasons why collectors would want them, even if they don't appeal to me)? To my mind, they're even worse than nicely re-created cover illustrations let down by poor lettering, as here you're getting serviceable pencils + shaky inking + lousy lettering. For me, I'd want to compare the re-creation against the actual published cover . . . and if it didn't stack-up, I'd be hugely disappointed. Would I want to own such things? Probably not.

Tom Chantrell's double-bill movie poster painting for THE INGLORIOUS BASTARDS & BARRACUDA (1978) . . .

Currently at 91 members and growing! Lots of previously unseen (by me) original paintings now being posted on my FB group, so worth joining to see what's out there in collector circles! I'm encouraging For Sale posts and already a few items have been made available to group members. Link to my FB group (anyone here welcome, even if you don't actually collect movie art . . . it should all prove interesting as most of us collect OA and like movies): https://www.facebook.com/groups/131047770909401/

The lettering is mostly printed directly onto the artboards (with touch-ups where necessary). For me, that's the best way to go as hand-lettering is a real skill in its own right that few artists appear to possess. Bruce is never short of work and has a long waiting list. Yeah, totally agree about the prices, though complaining about them being too low is not a route most of us want to go I was never much of a recreation fan myself until I discovered Bruce's work. No real substitute for the original originals, of course, but I doubt that a lot of the early Marvel silver age covers still exist . . . and if they did, they'd be out of the price range of us mere mortals.

Prices you've quoted on those signed giclee prints are insane . . . sounds like pure extortion to most of us here. If you're interested in commissioning someone to "reproduce" covers of comics in your possession, I'd recommend Bruce McCorkindale or Doug Hazelwood - who excel at that sort of thing. I had Bruce recreate for me a series of classic Marvel covers. You'd be looking at a ball-park figure of around $200 - 250 per recreation, which can vary slightly (depending on the level of detail). Here's an example of Bruce's work from my collection:

No intention of stopping my posts here! The FB group is just a project to reach out to other collectors that are unlikely to frequent these forums.

I've decided to create a Facebook group concentrating specifically on Movie Poster original artwork. https://www.facebook.com/groups/131047770909401/ Members from the OA collecting community are most welcome to join. Those of you who take an active interest in this art form are encouraged to share examples from their collection. Wants and For Sale items are encouraged, though I reserve the right to delete suspicious posts. Early days, and the group is something I hope to be building upon in coming weeks, but it's something I want to promote and encourage. Even if you don't actively collect movie poster art, and bearing in mind most of us have a love for the movies, no reason why you can't enjoy the art form. Hope to see some of you there, thanks. Terry Doyle

New in today . . . original movie poster painting for the 1965 comedy, BOEING BOEING, starring Jerry Lewis and Tony Curtis. This was created for the Spanish release of the movie. Although I prefer UK and USA paintings, I liked the whimsical nature of the artwork (and besides, it came at a steal!). http://www.comicartfans.com/gallerypiece.asp?piece=1438609 The above link will provide access to a large photo of the artwork, together with a write-up and additional images.

RUSS COCHRAN'S COMIC ART AUCTION Auction #162 Thursday, November 30th, 2017 Final bidding will begin at 7:00 pm Eastern Time / 6:00 pm Central Time

Grail!

I was in Liverpool (UK) earlier today to attend an exhibition showcasing the artwork of John Higgins (colourist of Watchmen and an accomplished all-round artist in his own right). John was there signing copies of his new book and took time to chat with myself and a mutual friend, Bill Naylor. I'd met John several times before (like me, he was born in Liverpool). I reminded him that I owned his original 1986 promotional painting heralding the Action Hero Line of old Charlton characters being resurrected under the DC banner. Artwork size is a large 29" x 20.5". John asked me to photograph the painting for him so he could put it on his FB page. As it's a framed original, I might as well post it on this thread . . .

I only live the other side of the pond . . . not the other side of the universe! Ah well, this 'grail of grails' is not meant to be for me . . .

http://www.ebay.com/itm/like/112645647380?rmvSB=true $617.99 shipping!

Frank Hampson MODESTY BLAISE c. 1962 Original Daily Strip Art "In 1962 Beaverbrook newspapers asked Peter O'Donnell to suggest a new strip idea. He thought long and hard and came up with MODESTY BLAISE. Kennedy Aitken, who was Beaverbrook's Strip Cartoons Editor, suggested they should invite Frank Hampson (creator of DAN DARE) to interpret O'Donnell's -script. Hampson accepted the offer, but took many weeks to return his strip, giving no reason for the delay. O'Donnell was dismayed at the eventual sequence of dailies, feeling Hampson had, "totally misunderstood the character" and suggested his former partner Jim Holdaway be given the strip to illustrate. O'Donnell and Holdaway had worked together very successfully on a previous newspaper strip, ROMEO BROWN. Of Hampson's tryout dailies, which pre-date Holdaway's published strips for the very first adventure, eight have survived. The consignor of this daily owned all eight at one time. This one tryout daily he kept was, to his mind, the best example - and the only one to exist as pure pencils. Of the remaining seven surviving examples, Hampson part-inked those (possibly used for practicing on in later years). This daily strip is the earliest MODESTY BLAISE to exist exactly as it was originally illustrated and presented to Beaverbrook newspapers for consideration. Art arfea size is about 18" x 5" and the artwork is in excellent condition."

Warfront # 15 (1954)

Adventures Into the Unknown unpublished (circa 1952)

Saddle Justice # 4 (1948)

Crime Patrol # 13 (1949).

Hi I've consigned five items to this month's Russ Cochran Comic Art Auction ending Thursday 30 November 2017. Russ started me off collecting OA back in 1982, which has made me a lot of money on re-sale over the years, so I figured I owed him the opportunity to auction-off some of my spare originals. http://russcochranauction.auctionanything.com/

Back from the framers today . . . Tom Chantrell's movie poster campaign painting for the unflimed Hammer project, A SCENT OF NEW-MOWN HAY (circa 1969). Excuse the odd angle, trying to eliminate camera glare by taking a side shot. Large scan and write-up on my CAF at: http://www.comicartfans.com/gallerypiece.asp?piece=1429066

Collecting original comic-book art since 1982, though for the past couple of years I'm getting more of a buzz collecting original movie poster paintings. I'm pretty sure that the former led me in the direction of the latter (as I'm a fan of diversification): http://www.comicartfans.com/galleryroom.asp?gsub=174936

Thankfully, I'm well guarded on a daily basis against all impure thoughts . . .

At first glance, Minnie's dress looked like something else . . .

New in today . . . original movie poster painting for the 1962 Sword and Sandal epic, SODOM AND GOMORRAH: http://www.comicartfans.com/gallerypiece.asp?piece=1434747 The above link will provide access to a large photo of the artwork, together with a write-up and additional images.